Song of Solomon - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

In this novel, Robert Smith’s failed attempt to fly causes Ruth Dead to go into labor. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this novel, in which Milkman travels to Shalimar after learning his grandfather was the title flying figure. At the end of this novel, Pilate is murdered by Guitar, whom Milkman subsequently attacks.

ANSWER: Song of Solomon

[10e] This author partially based Song of Solomon on the Flying Africans, a group of legendary figures in African-American folklore. Her other works include Beloved and The Bluest Eye.

ANSWER: Toni Morrison [or Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison; or Chloe Ardelia Wofford]

[10h] This author referenced the Flying Africans in the novel Wild Seed. This Afrofuturist author wrote Parable of the Sower and described Dana’s trips through time in Kindred.

ANSWER: Octavia E. Butler [or Octavia Estelle Butler]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	25%	75%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	21.43	100%	43%	71%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	12.50	50%	0%	75%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	21.11	89%	44%	78%
Florida	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	25%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	19.00	90%	40%	60%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	22%	78%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	78%	56%	44%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	23.33	100%	78%	56%
North	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	23.33	100%	58%	75%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	38%	38%
South Central	Main	Y	6	13.33	100%	17%	17%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	17.50	92%	50%	33%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	40%	40%

Data


Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Boss Bandit	0	10	0	10
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Little Prince	0	10	10	20
UCSC	Stanford A	10	10	10	30
Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	0	10	10	20
Claremont A	UCLA C	0	10	10	20
UCLA A	UC Irvine	10	10	0	20
Claremont B	UCLA F	10	10	10	30
USC B	UCSD B	0	10	10	20
UCSD A	UCLA B	10	10	0	20
Claremont C	UCLA D	0	10	10	20
UC Santa Barbara	USC A	0	10	10	20
McGill A	Ottawa A	0	0	10	10
McGill C	Ottawa C	0	10	10	20
McGill B	Ottawa B	0	10	10	20
Ottawa D	Carleton B	0	0	0	0
McMaster A	Toronto E	10	10	10	30
Queen's A	Toronto G	0	10	10	20
Guelph A	Toronto H	10	10	10	30
Toronto F	Waterloo C	0	0	0	0
Toronto A	McMaster C	0	10	10	20
Toronto C	Brock A	0	10	10	20
McMaster B	Toronto I	10	10	0	20
Toronto B	Waterloo A	0	10	10	20
Toronto D	Waterloo B	10	10	10	30
Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	0	10	0	10
Florida B	Florida State A	0	10	10	20
Florida Tech A	South Florida A	0	0	0	0
UCF A	Florida Tech B	10	10	0	20
CWRU B	Michigan A	10	10	10	30
Louisville B	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
Louisville D	WVU B	0	10	0	10
Ohio State B	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
Michigan State C	Louisville C	0	10	10	20
Ohio State A	Michigan State A	10	10	0	20
Michigan D	Ohio State D	0	10	0	10
CWRU C	Pittsburgh	10	10	10	30
WVU A	Michigan State D	0	0	10	10
Louisville A	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
Duke A	Liberty A	0	10	10	20
William & Mary A	JMU B	10	10	10	30
Liberty C	William & Mary B	0	10	0	10
NCSU A	UNC D	0	10	0	10
NCSU B	Tusculum A	0	10	10	20
UNC A	UNC C	10	10	10	30
UNC B	William & Mary C	0	10	10	20
VCU A	JMU A	0	10	10	20
George Mason A	Johns Hopkins	10	10	0	20
Rutgers B	Lehigh B	10	10	0	20
Columbia B	Maryland C	10	0	10	20
Maryland A	NYU A	10	10	10	30
Rutgers A	Penn	10	10	0	20
George Mason B	Princeton	0	10	10	20
George Mason C	Rutgers C	0	10	10	20
Columbia A	Rutgers D	0	10	0	10
Vassar B	Vassar A	0	0	0	0
Virginia A	Liberty B	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Chicago B	0	10	0	10
Illinois Blue	Iowa B	10	10	10	30
Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Canada	10	10	0	20
Illinois Champaign	Indiana A	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	Illinois Orange	10	10	0	20
Illinois Urbana	Indiana B	10	10	0	20
WashU Grizzlers	Iowa A	10	10	10	30
Purdue B	Purdue D	10	10	10	30
WashU Grolars	William Woods University A	10	10	10	30
Boston College B	Amherst A	0	10	0	10
Boston College A	Harvard	0	10	0	10
Brown A	Boston University A	0	10	0	10
Brown B	Dartmouth A	10	10	10	30
Williams B	Dartmouth C	10	10	10	30
MIT A	Boston University B	10	10	10	30
Tufts B	Southern Connecticut State University A	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Bach	Tufts C	10	10	10	30
UConn A	Brandeis Beethoven	0	10	10	20
Vermont A	MIT B	0	10	10	20
Vermont B	Amherst B	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth B	Williams C	10	10	10	30
Iowa State	Macalester	0	10	0	10
St. Thomas	Michigan Tech	0	10	0	10
Wisconsin A	Minnesota	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	0	10	0	10
Arizona State A	Washington Pink	10	10	0	20
Alberta A	Arizona State B	10	10	10	30
British Columbia A	British Columbia B	0	10	10	20
Washington Atlantic	Washington Chinook	10	10	10	30
Washington Steelhead	Washington Coho	0	10	0	10
Washington Chum	Washington Masu	0	10	0	10
Washington State	Alberta B	0	10	0	10
Nebraska C	Kansas State A	0	10	0	10
Central Oklahoma A	Nebraska A	0	10	0	10
Nebraska B	Central Oklahoma B	0	10	0	10
Oklahoma	Harding	10	10	0	20
Tulsa A	Kansas State B	0	10	10	20
Rose State	Tulsa B	0	10	0	10
Tennessee B	Alabama A	0	0	0	0
Auburn B	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Auburn C	10	10	0	20
Chipola College	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
Georgia A	Clemson C	0	10	0	10
Mississippi State A	Emory A	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Sewanne	Montevallo	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech E	South Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech F	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt C	Clemson A	0	10	0	10
Binghamton A	ESF	10	10	0	20
Binghamton C	Binghamton B	0	10	0	10
Rochester	Cornell A	0	10	0	10
RIT A	Cornell B	10	10	10	30
Cornell C	RIT B	0	10	10	20
British Columbia C	Boise State	0	10	0	10